Improvement in bosom-pads



@stent Gemine..

JULIUsy WATERMAN..

0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WATERMAN St MAYEH, OF SAME PLAGF.

Leners Patent N0.10,472,1ad March. 1,1870.

` IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOMfPADS.

The Schedule referred te in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

`bone, oreorered steel wires orsprings, so as to keep npthe breustsot' lndieseild disteud the dress,'but these are Ihm-sh and frequently uucorntbrtnble to the wenrelynnd are injured ,by perspiration, and also in washing and ironing'.

My invention consists in :i flexible p ad that. yields easily to the'shnpe of the. person andthe dress, and

`support-s the breast inV n .natural and agreenblmposition, the said pad being formed of t-w'e thicknesses ot' nmterinl united to each other by lines ot' stitchingr or otherwise to form pockets, into which are inserted small. bunches oi' bristles, so'thnt the pad is yielding, butis notntfected by perspiration, o1' in washing or ironing, and said bristles, or their eqnivnlents, keep'the pad distended under ordinary circumstances, but allow the pad to yield tothe person or the dress in a VI nnnner acceptable to the wearer und agreeable in appearance.

In the drawingl Figure 1 shows the outside of n 'sepamte pad with the coveling nt one side pujtinlly removed,and

Figure lL. isn horizontal seetion of seid pad.

The fabrics'a and b, ibrniing the outside and insidey surfaces, ere united by rows of stitching, vor they might;

be woven in this form, so that there nre narrow, long pookets,ibr receiving the bristles in small bunches, as shown et c.

lheledges of theY pad are shown ,as inclosed in n binding nt d, zuid this may be of an ornznnentzd character, ns shown..

`When the pnd is applied as the breast-gore in n cor set, `it is to be attached at the edges to the fnbric ot' the corset. l

A narrow piece of covered skirt-wire or tape e may be applied et the inner side ofthe paid, to connect the corners ff, 1nd preventtheir sprending np-nrt by the pressure ot the dress.

The bremst-pads of corsets, and seperate breast-pads formed in the aforesaid manner, are iiexible, dum-ble, n-nd agreeable, und are not injured by either washing 0l' ll'll'lllg. l

What I claim as my invention is 4 rlhe brenst-pnd fbrmed with bunches or cords of bristles introduced in the pockets between the two `thicknesses nt' woven material, ns und for the purposes` specified. v

Signed by me this 29th day of December,'A. D. 1869.

JULIUS WATERMAN.

" Witnesses:

GHAs. H. QMrrn, GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

